Expanded Noun Phrases: manatee
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Copy and improve the first sentence by putting an adjective before each noun.
Challenge 2
Complete the second sentence by writing a prepositional phrase that starts with the word ‘with.’
Challenge 3
Using some of the words from the Word Wall, write your own scintillating sentence about the manatees featured in the film clip. Your sentence must include a noun phrase that has been expanded with both adjectives and a prepositional phrase. Some suggested prepositions are included in the Word Wall.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) Using their _____ tails to power them forwards, the ____ manatees glided through the ________ water.
2) In the warm water below the discharge pipe, the gentle sea cows __________________ were playing Follow-the-leader.
Word Wall
with
at
in
on
manatee
Florida
aquatic
scars
slow-moving
graceful
gentle giant
glided
collided
mermaid's tail
paddle-like
prehensile lip